Car driver: "You're creating a dead end for me!?"

[then drives home to cul de sac]

Public transit is part of the solution to the #ClimateEmergency

#WorldPublicTransportDay

The status quo is not the finish line.

#ContinuousImprovement

Maybe @bikeleague.org would hold an online contest / showcase for the most vibrant diverters and modal filters. I could watch drone shots of modal filter art for hours.

a bald man wearing glasses and a grey sweater is smiling with his eyes closed ALT: a bald man wearing glasses and a grey sweater is smiling with his eyes closed

Only one person can hold this job, so Curb your enthusiasm.

"Utterly impossible!" CBS basketball analyst Bill Rafferty says about a March Madness Elite 8 buzzer beater shot he just witnessed UConn player Braylon Mullins make against Duke.

Utterly: completely; absolutely; entirely.

The aftermath of a car driver crash into a restaurant. The car is fully inside the building. The first room damaged is labeled Game Room by a neon sign. A firefighter in turnout gear standing next to the driver's door which is open. One of the TVs is showing a March Madness NCAA tournament game. One of the TVs is showing a hockey game. Tables and chairs are tipped over or upside down.

A car driver injured at least four people when they crashed into Mama's Pizza restaurant this evening in Omaha, Nebraska, per Facebook page Sarpy Scanner.

Code Trauma for some of the people seriously injured in the collision.

#DriverDamage #KineticEnergy #TrafficViolence

A bollard front and centered near the entrance to an escalator which goes up. The photo is taken from the height of the top of the bollard. There are symbols on the bollard which direct people with large luggage, child strollers, scooters, or bicycles to use the nearby elevator instead of the escalator. The photo was taken at the Dulles International Airport subway station in Virginia for Washington D.C. area transit provider WMATA.

A nudge.

Reducing trips and falls caused by luggage on escalators is the aim of D.C. WMATA transit.

The video post-install of the bollard would be fascinating.

How many will lift their bag over this squeeze point?
How many bollard collision injuries?
How often will the elevator be unavailable?

To the sinkhole that swallowed two vehicles in Omaha today near 67th and Pacific Street ...

... welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Walkable USA Noted planner Jeff Speck partners with Hammond, Indiana to breathe new life into the city.

It bears repeating.

You can watch Hammond, Indiana and @jeffspeck.bsky.social partner to make plans for a revitalized downtown.

(documentary produced by Lakeshore Public Media which is available in Chicago on sat, cable, and over-the-air)

scene: Saturday night at 9:00, two friends in apartment

"Whoa, you're wearing all black to the club? You could get run over on the walk there."

I know what you mean.

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

These aren't powered by solar or wind. Fossil fuels power these snow-melting hot tubs in NYC, Boston, Baltimore.

#ClimateEmergency DSNY snow melter

We have a visibility problem in regards to vehicle emissions. If exhaust was required to be visible all the time, our GHG problem would be more apparent and we might take faster action.

I sigh every time a truck trailer drags snow into pavement previously clear.

Recommend a good duffel bag. Or these insulated reusable bags are available on Amazon item B06XJNKMGW

Screenshot of a Facebook post from the City of Oxford, Mississippi on Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 3:51 a.m. The text reads Due to life-threatening conditions, Oxford Utilities has made the difficult decision to pull our crews off the road for the night. The situation is currently too dangerous to continue. Trees are actively snapping and falling around our linemen while they are in the bucket trucks. We simply cannot clear the lines faster than the limbs are falling. We will resume full operations at first light. Please stay safe and stay inside.

City of Oxford, MS

Sunday 3:51 a.m.

"Utilities has made the difficult decision to pull our crews ...

The situation is currently too dangerous ...

Trees are actively snapping and falling ...

cannot clear the lines faster than the limbs are falling."

#WinterStorm outage #IceStorm #OleMiss

Image description: a person pours water into the eyes of a person wearing a vest with the word Press on the chest

#JournalismIsNotACrime #PressFreedom @pressfreedom.bsky.social

For clearing snow from back-of-curb sidewalks, Metal Pless offers a sidewalk option for their MaxxPro blade.

[ public works #PedestrianDignity ]

If I were a public works operations manager, I would test the effectiveness / speed of clearing snow from bus stops with a wheeled excavator that has a dozer blade. Try two different arm attachments. Model pictured (Hyundai HW100A has top speed of 24 mph / 38 kph.

[ windrow #PedestrianDignity ]

If you're having a bicycle event where you want some connectedness with your snacks, GoGo squeeZ has some pedal-themed pouches.

6 'Pedal Peach' in a 12-count organic pack.
UPC 48860 04932

#BikeJoy

The common disembodied "Car Hits Pedestrian" came to mind when I saw this headline.

What states are people moving to?

- a booming bicycle culture (2 in 5 people moving to Arkansas pick Bentonville)
- a state where bicycle riders can yield at stop signs (Idaho)

Are people choosing #BikeJoy?

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Two or more VII still in service in Ames, Iowa.

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A world map with text labels on Canada, Venezuela, and Russia.

The three largest sources of heavy crude oil are Venezuela, Canada, and Russia.

If you were a bully who wanted oil, you would target the weakest kid on the school yard.

[ Nicolas Madura ]

Two images. The top image is a typical suburban residential street in North America. The bottom image is the top image plus four flower planter wood boxes on the pavement. The position of the planter boxes requires drivers to weave left and right.

If you ever have someone mention that a quick-build traffic chicane is ugly, it's because they envision flex posts.

If they say they're too expensive and slow to deploy: a chicane can be created for under $800 with American-made materials. Deployed in about an hour.

Given that climate change brings high-rate rain more frequently which has flooded existing subways, should elevated rail be preferred over subways?